All, I hope all affected by storm Uri and Viola are safe and warm. I am in Houston and as many, we were hit hard with the cold weather and ice. My pool pump had been running 24/7 since last Friday in preparation of the storm. We lost power on Monday and after 13 hours at the advice of a neighbor I released the air from the filter to clear the lines of water, by this time the pump had been office many hours in the cold. We could not remove the clear skimmer basket lid. We could see the ice forming around the rim already. The pump has been off since this time.
I checked today and can see ice formed in the clear lid skimmer basket. Is it safe to pour hot water over this in hopes of melting the ice in hopes of starting the pump again? Or should I wait until this storm passes and try on the weekend in hopes the ice has melted before trying to start the pump?
thanks,
I checked today and can see ice formed in the clear lid skimmer basket. Is it safe to pour hot water over this in hopes of melting the ice in hopes of starting the pump again? Or should I wait until this storm passes and try on the weekend in hopes the ice has melted before trying to start the pump?
thanks,